Garment-fitting device.



Noss3,521. PATENTED OCT. 16,1906.-

' R. A. HAMPTON.

GARMENT FITTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY26, 190a.

W/77VESSES THE Norms PETERS cm, wasnmnran, D. c.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROXANNA A. HAMPTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HAMPTON NOVELTYCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16,1906.

Application filed May 26, 1906. Serial No. 318,860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROXANNA A. HAMP- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New Yorlgliave invented a new and ImprovedGarment-Fitting Device, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to apparel apparatus; and its object is to providea new and improved garment-fitting device, more especially designed forenabling a dressmaker or other person to accurately and quicklydetermine the length of a skirt from the waisthand down to the bottomedge and the distance the latter is from the ground or floor, with aView to insure a proper hang of the skirt and to have the bottom edgethereof all around an even distance from the floor or ground.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanyingdrawings, forming a part of thls spec1ficat1on, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied, parts of theskirt belng shown broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improvement,and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the same.

On a suitably-constructed base A is erected a post B, preferably madepolygonal in cross-section, and on the said post is fitted to slide upand down the form C, preferably made in the shape of a circular disk,the center of which coincides with the axis of the post BI The form C isheld against turning on the post B and extends at right angles theretoparallel with the floor or other support on which the base A is placed,and the said form is provided with openings C for the passage of thefeet of the person on whom the skirt D is to be fitted, so that theperson stands in erect central position relative to the disk C and thelower edge of the skirt D hangs down on the peripheral face of the formC, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. Now it is evident that the dressmakeror other person by use of chalk or the like can readily mark the outsideof the skirt opposite the peripheral surface of the form C to determinethe length of the skirt from the waistband down to the lower edge, whichcoincides with the line-mark. At the same time the distance of the saidlower edge from the ground corresponds to the distance at which the formC is located at the time above the ground or floor on which the devicerests and the person is standing. For the purpose mentioned the form Ccan be raised or lowered on the base B and locked in the desiredposition by a pin E engaging one of a series of apertures B, formed oneabove the other in the post B, it being understood that the bottom ofthe form C rests on top of the said pin E.

In order to permit of conveniently shipping, storing, or transportingthe device, the form C is preferably made in two parts, connected witheach other by hinges F to allow folding the two parts one upon the otherat the time the form is disconnected from the post B.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the openings C are locatedon opposite sides of the centrally-disposed postB to bring the person inproper relation to the form C, with a view to insure accurate marking ofthe lower edge of the skirt along the peripheral face of the form C.

The device shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction, is composed of but few parts, and not liable to get out oforder. By the use of the device a dressmaker or other person canaccurately determine the length of the skirt to insure the proper hangthereof and to have the lower or bottom edge of the skirt the desireddistance fi'om the ground or floor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.

1. A garment-fitting device, comprising a base, a post thereon, and acircular form disposed horizontally and supported on the said post, thesaid form having openings for the passage of the feet of the person tobe fitted.

2. A garment-fitting device, comprising a base, a post thereon, and acircular form disposed horizontally and supported on the said post, thesaid form having openings for the passage of the feet of the person tobe fitted, and means for adjustably supporting the form on the saidpost.

3. A garment-fitting device, comprising a support polygonal incross-section, a disk name to this specification in the presence ofhaving a central polygonal opening to receive two subscribing Witnesses.the sufpport, and having openings upon each side 0 the central openingto receive the feet ROXANNA HAMPTON 5 of the wearer of the skirt, and apin for re- Witnesses: taining the disk in its adjusted position. THEo.G. HosTER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

